EU agencies against environmental crime 2021-06-01
The nine
European Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies, the European Commission and a
number of international organisations and expert bodies met today to discuss
how to fight environmental crime more effectively.
During an online seminar, participants discussed
environmental crime from different perspectives. Presentations by the European
Commission’s DG JUST and Eurojust focused on judicial aspects, Europol covered
its Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment and Project EnviCrime,
and EMCDDA discussed links between drugs and the environment. The United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Interpol provided a global
picture of environmental crime. DG TAXUD and CCWP provided a valuable perspective
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Types of Operations
Types of Operations
General
Frontex
Joint Operations take place at three types of border – sea, land and air. Each
operation is based on risk analysis and uniquely tailored to the circumstances
identified by the agency in one of its risk analysis products.
Sea
As
with all border control, sea border activities are divided into border checks
(conducted at the border crossing points at sea ports) and border surveillance,
which is conducted at sea. Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency,
coordinated joint operations at sea represent Europe’s biggest search and rescue
operation. Every year thousands of migrants attempt to reach the EU by sea,